Elizabeth Warren Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Elizabeth Warren on Wise Famous Quotes.
We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees in 2008.
Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those.
Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that's our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.
When billionaire car dealers or manufacturers pay for ambassadorships, at least they pay with money earned by selling something of value.
If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open,
The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.
Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.
I learned early on what debt means, how vulnerable it makes people, what the security of owning a home means.
I was 30 before I realized, you know, that I probably was an accident. These things just suddenly hit you one day.
Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a fair hearing.
How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education.
It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.
Enforcement isn't about big government or small government. It's about whether government works and who it works for.
There is one thing Anthony Weiner and I agree on: there are a lot of smart, hard-working people in the financial industry.
All I can say is I was a lot more discreet as a candidate than I was in real life. Can I say that? Maybe it's indiscreet to talk about discretion.
Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.
Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back.
Washington is rigged for the big guys - and no person has more consistently called them out for it than Jon Stewart. Good luck, Jon!
What happened is an economic boa constrictor that is squeezing working families so hard they can't breathe. Gina
Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.
Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors.
Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.
Republicans say they don't believe in government. Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends.
We shouldn't be profiting from our students who are drowning in debt while giving a great deal to the banks. That's just wrong.
The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.
Citigroup has a lot of money, it spends a lot of money, and it uses that money to grow and consolidate power. And it pays off.
People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters.
It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.
There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people.
I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody.
Paul Ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in America, and blames the people who can't find a job.
For many women, the on-time payments of domestic support obligations are essential to economic survival.
If your plan is to put a product out there that people can see and understand, then by golly, we're going to get along just fine.
I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.
People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.
When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.
I loved teaching, but every day that I went to work, I carried the worry that I was hurting my kids because I wasn't at home with them.
Nobody's safe. Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year.
The Postal Service is huge - employing more than a half million people - and its history is long and complicated.
If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.
This country isn't working for working people. It's working only for people at the top. That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare.
I'll work with anyone - and I really do mean that - Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, contrarian, vegetarian.